IndySportsDay: Paul George to Coach K, 'Go get the gold'

In this photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, Indiana Pacers' Paul George is carted off the court after breaking his right leg during the USA Basketball Showcase intrasquad game in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Las Vegas News Bureau, Glenn Pinkerton)(Photo: Glenn Pinkerton AP)

USA Basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski joined the Dan Patrick Show Tuesday morning to talk about the aftermath of Paul George's horrific leg injury suffered during a Team USA scrimmage Friday in Las Vegas,

Coach K said he didn't realize the severity of the injury until the head trainer started calling for me help.

"Paul was amazing throughout the whole thing. Where he was calm, stoic, he was amazing, not just there but at the trauma room, emergency room, just before his operation. Really afterwards, the way he has handled everything is really remarkable."

The Duke head coach joined George, George's family and members of the Pacers organization in George' s hospital room prior to surgery.

While there, Krzyzewski said George was remarkably upbeat.

"For him to have this poise about him after that occurred and while he was getting ready for surgery was remarkable. We went in there and he says to me 'Coach, I'm going to be OK, go get the gold.'"

Following the injury which will most likely cost the Pacers star the entire 2014-15 season, George has been showered with support from Colts players, fellow NBA athletes and fans from across the globe.

It's not all gloom and doom for PG. The Pacers forward posted a photo on Instagram of his newest toy, a brand new Ferrari.

"Shoutout my guy @roadstarrmotorsports for gettin me right again.. He hooked this one up! Although I can't drive for a while I can still look at it!!! #FerrariBoyz #458 #OneofOne #CantWaitToGetBetter #AlwaysWantedOne #Italia #DreamCar #NowIGotIt #Blessed"

Shoutout my guy @roadstarrmotorsports for gettin me right again.. He hooked this one up! Although I can't drive for a while I can still look at it!!! #FerrariBoyz #458 #OneofOne #CantWaitToGetBetter #AlwaysWantedOne #Italia #DreamCar #NowIGotIt #Blessed

JALEN ROSE: AMBASSADOR?

Former Indiana Pacers player Jalen Rose has been chosen by the National Basketball Retired Players Association to be an ambassador of sorts to "bridge a gap between current NBA players and the league's older alumni."

"Of course your current job, first, second and third, is to play basketball," Rose said. "But life-planning is something we all have to do. Basketball is going to be a terrific sprint in your life, but you also want to be around for the marathon."

"The public will truly only be concerned with the elite of the elite who sit in the Hall of Fame," he said. "Michael and Russell and Bird – those 10 notable guys. From that, for public consumption on a day-to-day basis, everybody else can almost be viewed as equal as a retired player. When you're walking up the street, the person next to you doesn't know if you scored 26,000 points or 2,600 points. And if they do know, they don't care.

"So people are going to judge you on what you're doing right now, unless you're one of those 10 guys."